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The Gardener's Plot by Deborah J. Benoit

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The Gardener's Plot

A Mystery

Deborah J. Benoit

Minotaur · Print & ebook · November 5, 2024

Reading lane: Cozy Crafts Mysteries

A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day.

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Why This Clicks

Cozy Puzzle

A gentle mystery with edible details and the easy pull of a cozy puzzle.

Come here for

  • cozy mystery comfort with a culinary tilt
  • amateur sleuth energy, minus the grimness

Expect

  • light stakes, tidy suspense
  • a familiar comfort-read cadence

Book Details

Authors
Deborah J. Benoit
Publisher
Minotaur
Published
November 5, 2024
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Cozy Crafts Mysteries · Cozy Mysteries
Reading lane
Cozy Crafts Mysteries

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Publisher Categories

  • Women Detectives

  • Cozy Crafts Mysteries

About This Book

A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she’s happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it’s only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Viole...

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A woman helps set up a community garden in the Berkshires, only to find a body in one of the plots on opening day. After life threw Maggie Walker a few curveballs, she’s happy to be back in the small, Berkshires town where she spent so much time as a child. Marlowe holds many memories for her, and now it also offers a fresh start. Maggie has always loved gardening, so it’s only natural to sign on to help Violet Bloom set up a community garden. When opening day arrives, Violet is nowhere to be found, and the gardeners are restless. Things go from bad to worse when Maggie finds a boot buried in one of the plots… and there’s a body attached to it. Suddenly, the police are looking for a killer and they keep asking questions about Violet. Maggie doesn’t believe her friend could do this, and she’s going to dig up the dirt needed to prove it. The Gardener’s Plot takes readers to the heart of the Berkshires and introduces amateur sleuth Maggie Walker in Deborah J. Benoit’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut.

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